XS Games today announced the early Spring 2010 release of The Red Star for iPhone. Previously released on PlayStation®2 and met with widespread acclaim, The Red Star is an ingenious mashup of top down shooter and beat ‘em up gameplay, based upon the graphic novel of the same name by Christian Gossett “The Red Star is a proudly old school combination of classic action genres, much in the spirit of Contraand Streets of Rage,” said Steve Grossman, Chief Executive Officer of XS Games.iPhone is the perfect platforms for this game in terms of controls, visuals, and price.” The Red Star brings to life the dystopian United Republics of the Red Star (URRS), a mystical and technologically advanced alternate reality resembling Soviet Russia. In this alternate reality, the world has been wracked by vicious conflict between the world’s powerful nations, who use advanced technology to harness soldiers’ latent mental powers. Players can choose to play as one of the graphic novel’s three most prominent characters: Maya Antares, a powerful sorceress in search of her husband lost in battle, Kyuzo, Maya’s personal bodyguard as well as a powerful fighter, or Makita, a quick and agile warrior forced to abandon her life as a world-class athlete when her homeland was invaded. Compared to PlayStation®2, the iPhone version offer fresh visual polish and improved controls. The Red Star is the perfect “pick up and play” action game for when on the go. For more information, please visit http://www.redstar-us.com/ source: http://www.techulous.com/news/xs-games-announces-the-cult-hit-the-red-star-is-coming-this-spring-to-psp-go-and-iphone.html
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I saw the name, and I was trying not to get excited. I was thinking "It couldn't possibly be that 'Red Star'...". But holy sugar-waffles, it is This was way unexpected but I'm so excited for this. Definitely shot up to my most anticipated games on the iPhone I have the PS2 game and love it immensely. Even if this is just a port of that, it will be well worth it. Hopefully the controls will be satisfactory, as later in the game, precision is necessary. Also something that worries me a little bit is there is no mention of multiplayer that I can see. Although it's a fantastic game in single-player, multiplayer adds a lot of fun to the experience. I hope they implement a co-op component, as that was a lot of the appeal of the first game to many people. Can't wait
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